Gold Coast Schoolies 2014 – Police Reports

Police Reports relating to Gold Coast Schoolies 2014.

Day one of Gold Coast Schoolies 2014 – Friday 21st Nov

Thousands of school leavers began arriving on the Gold Coast last night with many more expected to arrive today as the traditional Schoolies Week celebrations officially begin tonight.

Queensland Police will today be monitoring the influx of teenagers arriving and booking into their accommodation.

Overnight there were no schoolies arrested or fined on the Gold Coast.

There were 16 people arrested on 17 charges which were non-schoolies.

The majority of the non-schoolies arrested related to public nuisance and good order offences.

Day two of Gold Coast Schoolies 2014 – Saturday 22nd Nov

Official celebrations started for former students last night when thousands of school leavers congregated around Surfers Paradise to enjoy the entertainment and facilities provided.

Generally police were pleased with the behaviour of schoolies, with only a small number of the large crowd coming to the attention of police.

Overnight police arrested 19 schoolies, 18 males and one female, on 23 offences. The majority of offences were for being drunk and public nuisance. There were eight arrests for drug offences.

42 schoolies were issued with liquor infringement notices for drinking in a public place.

Police arrested 35 non-schoolies on 40 charges, mainly for public nuisance and other good order offences, along with three non-schoolies issued with liquor infringement notices.

Day three of Gold Coast Schoolies 2014 – Sunday 23rd Nov

The first weekend of celebrations for schoolies concluded last night with thousands of school leavers enjoying the entertainment on offer in Surfers Paradise.

Police were pleased with the behaviour of the vast majority of schoolies throughout the festivities on Sunday evening. There were a number of disturbances involving non schoolies that came to police attention and were quickly contained.

Overnight police arrested 26 schoolies on 30 offences with the majority of charges for public nuisance and street offence with seven schoolies arrested for drug offences. Of the schoolies arrested overnight 23 were males and three were female.

Liquor infringements notices were issued overnight to 77 schoolies.

So far since Friday night there have been a total of 45 schoolies arrested.

Overnight there were 27 people arrested on 32 charges which were not schoolies related and were mainly for drug, public nuisance and good order offences along with 22 non-schoolies receiving liquor infringement notices.

Day four of Gold Coast Schoolies 2014 – Monday 24th Nov

Thirteen schoolies were arrested overnight on 16 charges for mainly public nuisance and street related offences with police pleased with the overall crowd behavior at the Surfers Paradise schoolies celebrations.

Of the 13 male schoolies arrested eight were for drug offences relating to cannabis and ecstasy.

There were also 80 schoolies given liquor infringement notices for drinking in a public place.

Of the non-schoolies arrested, there were 12 people arrested on 17 charges which were mainly for public nuisance.

There were also 12 liquor infringement notices issued to non-schoolies for drinking in a public place.

Day five of Gold Coast Schoolies 2014

Day five of schoolies on the Gold Coast continued to be free of any significant incidents with crowd numbers remaining steady in Surfers Paradise.

Overnight there were 16 schoolies arrested on 16 charges which included public nuisance and street offences. Of the 16 schoolies arrested there were eight people arrested for drugs mainly relating to cannabis.

Of those schoolies arrested 15 were male and one was female.

There were also 41 liquor infringement notices issued to schoolies.

Overnight police also arrested 28 people on 32 charges which were not schoolies related and were mainly for public nuisance and drug offences with 3 liquor infringement notices issued to non schoolies.

Day six of Gold Coast Schoolies 2014

Police were generally happy with the behaviour of the vast majority of school leavers on day six of schoolies on the Gold Coast.

Overnight there were 18 schoolies charged with 23 offences relating mainly to public nuisance and street offences with 16 schoolies given liquor infringement notices for drinking in a public place.

Of those 18 schoolies arrested 14 were males and four were female.

Also overnight 19 people were arrested on 26 charges which were not schoolies related and were mainly for public nuisance and drug offences. There were also seven non schoolies who were given liquor infringement notices

Day seven of Gold Coast Schoolies 2014

Overnight for day seven of schoolies there were 10 schoolies arrested on 12 charges which were for public nuisance and street offences.

Of the 10 schoolies arrested overnight there was also four charged with drug offences.

All the schoolies arrested overnight were males.

There were also 11 schoolies issued with liquor infringement notices for drinking in a public place.

In relation to non-schoolies overnight police arrested 14 people on 17 charges mainly for public nuisance and street offences with three non-schoolies receiving liquor infringement notices.

Completion of Gold Coast Schoolies Week 2014 – Friday 28th Nov

The official week of schoolies celebrations concluded this morning (Saturday 29th November) with thousands of school leavers enjoying a final night of organised activities in Surfers Paradise.

Overnight police arrested 29 schoolies on 32 offences with the majority of charges for public nuisance, being drunk in a public place and street offences.

There was a total of 35 non-schoolies arrested on 45 offences including public nuisance, and drug offences.

Conclusion

Since the police response to schoolies commenced on Friday November 21, 131 schoolies have been arrested on a total of 152 charges. There were 186 non-schoolies arrested on 226 charges during the same period.

Gold Coast District Officer Acting Chief Superintendent Des Lacy said he was overall pleased with the behaviour of the majority of this year’s schoolies.

“While the number of schoolies attending the hub this year was up on last year the number of arrests were down,” Acting Chief Superintendent Lacy said.

“This is a clear result of effective policing strategies and a continued strong collaboration between police and a range of organisations including the event organisers, government departments, the local council, and volunteer agencies such as the Red Frogs.”

While schoolies ends for Queensland school leavers a large number of interstate schoolies have begun arriving on the Gold Coast and an increased police presence will remain in the Surfers Paradise precinct throughout the next two weeks.

“The majority of interstate schoolies are over 18, and this will mean our focus will shift towards the policing of licensed venues,” Acting Chief Superintendent Lacy said.

“We want to remind our interstate visitors to do the right thing as we will be out there with a strong presence ensuring that anti-social behaviour and criminal activity will not be tolerated.

“We will be proactively targeting offences such as consuming alcohol in a public place.”

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